Edwards point of View
The sound of my house phone ringing jolted me awake from my slumber. I rolled over and my hand slapped at the phone on the night stand, it fell off the table with a loud clatter. I groaned and clicked talk.
"Masen" I answered groggily.
"Why do you have to answer your phone like that Edward?" Esme's voice cracked over the speaker, I smiled slightly and puffed out air.
"It saves time, speaking of time what time is it?" I asked rolling on my back.
"Its 7:00, you're usually up this early Edward, what's wrong?" Esme was immediately concerned.
"Oh, huh I have a tough case that's all" I answered lazily blinking my eyes also wondering why I was asleep so late today.
"Well don't you always have cases?" Esme's motherly worry was pushing through I sighed.
"Yes, Esme don't worry so much. Was there a reason you called, it must be very early there" I noted slightly confused.
"That's what I wanted to call you about, the distance between us and you and Emmett. Carlisle got a job offer as head surgeon at Forks Community Hospital. I was tired of living in the old house, so far away. We moved to Forks Washington Edward, its only an
hour or so outside of Seattle. Carlisle and I wanted to invite you and Emmett and of course Rosalie to see our new house" she sounded excited, I was confused though.
"Esme you must have wanted to do some work on the house, are you sure you want to us to see the house before you deemed it appropriate" I laughed.
"Edward it is amazing how well you know me. We learned of this move weeks ago, thought we just got here days ago. I have had time to plan and this house Edward, I love it! Will you come see it Edward please? I wanted to surprise you and Emmett" Esme begged, I smiled.
"Alright, I'll come. Have you called Rosalie and Emmett yet?" I asked, just as Doc barked at a bird outside perched on the window ledge.
"And of course bring my favorite dog. No I haven't yet." Esme laughed delighted I responded with a "sure Esme" the first of many. Esme gave me the address and I was in the car while I made the call to Emmett. The phone rang for what seemed like forever before I heard Rosalie's voice.
"Hello Edward" She sighed into the phone.
"How are you Rosalie?" I asked her stopping at a red light and switching on my turning signal.
"Fine, are you on your way to Esme's?" she asked, I could hear the shower running in the background. Rosalie and Emmett had moved in together 4 months ago.
"Yes I am in the car now. Did Esme call you as early as she called me?" I asked knowing Emmett's low ability to wake up early.
Rosalie laughed "Since when is 7 early for you Edward?" she asked, I sighed.
"I'll take that as a yes" I responded. "I'm guessing you two are headed over to the new house soon?"
"Mhmm" she responded I was speeding down the open road swiftly, quickly checking that I had my briefcase with the work in it, might as well get some work done.
"Ok, see you there if that was the only reason you called?" Rosalie asked, I heard Emmett's voice in the back ground.
"Yes, just wanted to see if you and Emmett are going" I responded.
"alright see you soon" she said before yelling something at Emmett I muttered a goodbye and hung up the phone.
The house was completely Esme's style; it was big, a crisp white, antique and beautiful. She rushed out the front door Carlisle was close behind her. I slid the car to a stop and climbed out Doc on my heels.
"Oh no Edward you have paperwork with you don't you?" Esme asked shaking her head as she hugged me.
"I'm running behind on paperwork Esme, I've been working too much on one case" I told her honestly.
"And you call me a work-a-holic dear" Carlisle laughed wrapping his arm around Esme's.
"That darling is another issue entirely" Esme said, Carlisle didn't have anything to say. Esme bent down and pet Doc we walked into the house in silence. Doc excitedly ran around the driveway sniffing everything and followed us inside. (the house is the same one in Twilight, you know what it looks like don't make me describe it) I was being bombarded with questions about my love life when Emmett and Rosalie finally showed up. Thank god for them.
It was a family day, filled with catching up. Even though Emmett and I live in the same city we don't see each other much more than every week or two. We are close as a family though. Esme showed me my room happily, just in case I ever wanted a place to stay she had said.
Doc seemed to enjoy the house very much. He made himself comfortable next to Rosalie on the couch, she was fine as long as he didn't slobber on her. Emmett was in the process of begging Rosalie for a dog. It was comical just how whipped Emmett really was.
I laughed when Rosalie stopped petting Doc because she was engorged in her conversation with Esme and Doc crawled closer to her and laid his head in her lap looking up at her.
"Look Rose dogs like you" Emmett cried out pointing, "Aren't you going to miss that when we leave here?" Rosalie rolled her eyes.
"Emmett give it a rest already, we cant own a dog in our apartment its too small for a dog. Edward lives in a bigger place than us" Rosalie sighed.
"Then lets move, we can afford it" Emmett continued begging, Rosalie is a model they could afford a lot, and Rosalie spoils herself often.
"Emmett I love our apartment, it's the perfect location and do you know how long it took me to get it perfect, I'm not leaving it and wasting all that time and money I spent perfecting it" She snapped, the fight was won as Emmett slumped down in his seat. Rosalie had ignored Doc again so he jumped off the couch and laid down at my feet. I continued to write a report on a mugging that had happened four days ago.
The rest of my weekend was spent quietly catching up on all my paperwork. I was relieved to be caught up. Monday I would go through the video footage given to me from the ATM. I could only hope it would give me something, anything that could give me a lead. The case was becoming colder and colder as every second passed, making it more unlikely for me to find her.
The first to the tapes was quite boring, I witnessed a fight between a mother and daughter it looked like and many people picking their noses or doing other socially unacceptable things. I perked up when I saw what looked like a brown haired woman walking into the book store, it was Bella. She was wearing a brown cotton dress that went to her knees. Alice had told me that was what she was wearing that day that was just as she described.
Bella walked into the store without a problem. She was there for about a half hour according to the time at the bottom of the screen as I slowly fast forwarded waiting for her to leave. The door opened and she walked out putting something in the bag over her shoulder, I assumed the book she got.
A black truck drove past and stopped just outside of the screen I could see the last bit of the bumper thought. A man with a hat on came up quickly behind Bella, I leaned forward on my seat, my heart pounding in my ears. I couldn't see the mans face, it was covered. He walked behind her I knew he was the one who grabbed her. I could feel it. I saw something white in his right hand.
Gauze, possibly dipped in a drug to knock Bella out. Suddenly he jerked his arms out and wrapped one arm around Bella's waist and arms, and the other arm with the gauze covered her nose and mouth he was pulling her towards the truck quickly. Bella struggled for a second then her body went limp and they left the frame. The truck bumper left the screen quickly. I quickly backed up the tape and watched the scene again, looking for something useful.
Bella's Point of View
As I sat on the floor shivering I became more restless as the seconds passed. I pulled myself up to my feet, and tried to pull on the chains, they shook and rattled but didn't budge from the cement wall they were drilled into. My body shook the dress was in tatters around my body, torn and soiled. It was closer to black than brown now.
Alice would be so mad. I giggled at the thought, now of all things to be worried about I thought about how Alice would react to the dress. As if she would care about something so petty anyway after this. I started laughing quietly now. The laugh turned into hysterics, I was laughing so hard my stomach hurt and tears were coming out of my eyes.
My back fell into the wall and I slid down half laughing half crying, I put my head in my hands and started laughing and crying. It turned into mostly crying eventuality. Tearless sobbing, I think my body was trying to conserve water.
I had officially gone psychotic, I was almost waiting for it to happen anyway. Suddenly a pounding on the front door startled me from my fit of insanity. My heart stated pounding, I couldn't believe it, I knew it wasn't Red.
Boss had come by a little while ago so I couldn't see any reason for it to be him, my head was spinning. I could hear muffled voices one didn't sound familiar, I took a deep breath, now or never. My future and life are on the line. Live or die Bella, I pep talked myself.
I screamed, I screamed loud and with all of the oxygen in my lungs. At first I just screamed then after a second or two I started yelling things like "help" and such. It all seemed to happen in slow motion. I heard something going on upstairs, commotion.
The door burst open and a tall skinny man with white hair started coming down the stairs, his eyes wide. I could faintly make out the wrinkles, behind him I could see out the open front door, it was daytime. I surly had my days and nights mixed up.
He scurried down the stairs, in shock apparently. My heart was pounding. I was so close to being free. Freedom, what a wonderful word, people can't really appreciate it unless they have had their freedom taken away.
The man was at the bottom of the stare case, then Red stepped down a couple of stairs a metal gun glinted in the light coming from upstairs. I screamed loudly hoping to somehow save the man, he turned to me. My heart pounded so fast I was sure it could jump out of my chest.
As our eyes connected, mine filled with pure terror and his withered eyes filled with confusion, Red pulled the trigger back. He shot him directly in the back of the head. The man's head pushed forward and his knees gave out, he crumpled down to his knees momentarily then fell on his face.
Blood had been sprayed everywhere, a fine mist of it on my face and body. I was still screaming. I couldn't move, my body was shaking so badly the chains rattled. Red turned around to me, spots of blood were on his face too.
"Shut up!" he screamed, pointing the gun at me, I clamped my mouth shut biting my lip and sobbing as quietly as I could manage. I couldn't take my eyes off the man on the floor with the back of his head scattered around the room.
I tried to close my eyes, it hurt to look at him. My body wouldn't respond thought, I couldn't move my eyes. I killed him, I screamed and he died. My body shuddered.
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